JPS61151430A - Apparatus for applying weighing and pricing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To markedly enhance working efficiency by dispensing with selection work, by performing the application of a weigh and pricing only to a commodity not contained in a predetermined correct. wt. range. CONSTITUTION:A control apparatus prints a predetermined definite price on a label to adhere said label to a commodity from a print label adhering machine 42 when the net wt. of the commodity is within a correct wt. range. The commodity is straightly advanced and forwardly transferred by a distribution conveyor 5 to be delivered to a feed-out conveyor 80. When the net wt. of the commodity is not contained in the correct wt. range, the control apparatus calculates the price of said commodity and adheres a price applied label to the commodity concerned from the label adhering machine 42. Either one of the levers 53, 54 of a distribution apparatus 50 is swung corresponding to an overweight and alight wt., and an overwight commodity is distributed to a discharge part A while a light wt. one to a discharge part B and both of them are discharged. By this method, each commodity is sorted to a correct wt., overweight or light wt. commodity corresponding to the wt. obtained by a weighing apparatus.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to an apparatus for weighing and pricing products, and more particularly to a weighing and pricing apparatus that is equipped with a weight sorting linearity.

(Conventional technology) The price of the product is calculated from the weighing operation of measuring the weight of the product, the weight obtained by this operation, the unit price, tare weight, etc. set in advance for the product, and the price, etc. A weighing and pricing device has been put into practical use that automatically and continuously performs the process of issuing a printed label and pasting it on the product. According to this measurement pricing device, even if the weight of each product is different, each product is priced according to its weight.

However, in the case of products that have a specified weight within a certain range, such as hams and sausages, the above-mentioned measurement values must be attached prior to the work to ensure that each product is within the specified weight range (hereinafter referred to as "measured weight"). It is necessary to sort items according to whether they are included in the range (referred to as a range), and items that are within the range are not priced or priced at a fixed amount, and items that are not included in the range are priced. Only the above measurements will be done. Therefore, when handling such products, a weight sorting device is required in addition to the weighing device, which increases the equipment cost significantly, requires a large space to install these devices, and also requires a weight sorting device. Since the sorting work and the weighing work have to be carried out, it becomes extremely troublesome.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and it is possible to continuously perform the sorting work and the weighing and pricing work using a single weighing and pricing device. In this way, in the case of products for which standard weights are set within a certain range, weighing and pricing work is performed only for products outside the specified weight range. In particular, in the second invention of the present application, the efficiency of this type of work is improved and the need for two devices is eliminated, making it possible to save equipment costs and space. It is an object of the present invention to further improve efficiency by sorting and discharging the processed products at least according to whether they are within or outside the correct quantity range.

(Structure of the invention) No. 1 of the present application. The second invention is configured as follows in order to achieve the above objects.

First, the weighing and pricing apparatus according to the first invention includes a weighing device that measures the weight of a product, and a label on which a price or a fixed price is printed according to the weight obtained by the weighing device and is attached to the product. The price tag to be pasted consists of a device and a working mode, a weighing mode in which the price is set according to the weight using the device, and a non-metric mode in which the price is not set according to the weight. A pricing mode is provided. This non-metric pricing mode includes a mode in which no pricing is performed by the device at all, or a flat-rate pricing mode in which a label with a fixed price printed on the device is affixed to the product. contains the mode. In addition to these configurations, upper and lower limit value setting means for setting the upper and lower limits of the correct amount range of the product, and whether or not the weight of the product weighed by the weighing device is included in the above-mentioned correct amount range. and mode setting means for setting the working mode of the pricing apparatus according to the result of the discrimination. This mode setting means sets the work mode to the non-measured value adding mode when the weight of the product is within the correct weight range, and sets the working mode to the measured value adding mode when it is outside the correct weight range. Therefore, according to the weighing device, each product is sorted into those within the range and those outside the range based on its weight, and those within the range, that is, the price is constant. For items that are not priced or priced at a fixed price, items that are outside the fixed quantity range, that is, items whose price is not constant, are priced based on weight.

Further, the weighing and pricing device according to the second invention of the present application is characterized in that, in addition to the pricing device according to the first invention, a distribution device is provided at the product discharge section. . In this distribution, the device can switch the discharge direction of the products in at least two directions, for example, a total of 9 products with a fixed quantity that is not priced and products that are weighed and priced outside the fixed quantity range are different. Discharge to a location. In addition, for products outside the quantitative range, if necessary, we will add lighter weight products (products that are lighter than the lower limit of the quantitative range) and overweight products (products that are heavier than the upper limit of the quantitative range).
It is configured to be distributed and discharged.

Therefore, according to the weighing device, each product is sorted into multiple discharge positions of the device into regular quantity products and out-of-quantity products, or regular quantity products, light-weight products, and over-quantity products. It will be sorted and discharged.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described below. Note that this embodiment is common to the first and second inventions of the present application.

1st. As shown in FIG. 2, the weighing and value marking apparatus 1 includes a main body 10 comprising a take-in conveyor 20, a weighing device 30, and a price marking device 40 arranged in a line on a pedestal 11;
The pricing device 50 is arranged adjacent to the pricing device 40, and an operation box 60 is arranged near the main body 10. Further, in this embodiment, an input conveyor 70 is disposed adjacent to the intake conveyor 20 in the main body 10, and an output conveyor 80 is disposed adjacent to the sorting @50. A container label printer 81 is disposed near the starting end of the carry-out conveyor 80. Here, the weighing device 30, pricing device 40, and distribution device 50 are as follows:
Each has a weighing conveyor 31, a conveyor 41 for pasting, and a conveyor 51 for sorting.
For distribution, a series of conveyance paths are configured, which extend through the conveyor 51 and reach the discharge conveyor 80. In addition, each conveyor 20, 31 on both sides of the input conveyor 70 and the main body 10
．． A pair of guide plates 71, 71 and 12, 12 are provided on both sides of the main body 10 to prevent the products from falling off to the side, and as shown in FIG. 20.31.41 are belts 20a, 31a,
41a is separated to the left and right, and recesses 20b, 31b, 41b are formed in the center along the conveyance direction.
b, 4Ib to prevent lateral transfer.

As shown in FIG. 1, the weighing device 30 in the main body 10 has a structure in which the weighing conveyor 31 is assembled to a weighing machine 32, and the weight of the weighing conveyor 31 and the weight of the products on the conveyor 31 are equal to each other. A total of 32 loads are applied. In this case, since the weight of the weighing conveyor 31 is constant, the weight of the product is measured by the weighing machine 32.

In addition, the pricing device 40 has a configuration in which a label printer 43 integrated with a label pasting 11142 is placed above the conveyor 41, and the label printer 42 is capable of pasting the labels issued by the label printer 43. The product is received and pasted on the product passing on the conveyor 41.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the distribution device 50 is operated by a pair of first and second levers whose ends #a are swingably supported by frames 52 and 52 on both sides of the conveyor 51. 53.
54, and when both levers 53 and 54 are positioned in the forward and backward direction along the running direction of the conveyor 51 as shown in the figure, the products on the conveyor 51 are allowed to proceed straight, but the second lever 53 When the product swings as shown by the chain line (a), the product is guided by the lever 53 and discharged to the excess product discharge section A provided on the left side (upper side in the drawing) with respect to the running direction of the conveyor 51. Similarly, the second lever 54 is indicated by the chain line (b).
When the conveyor 51 swings as shown, the product is discharged to a lightweight product discharge section B provided on the right side (downward in the drawing) with respect to the traveling direction of the conveyor 51.

The operation box 60 also has a numeric keypad 61a and various item designation keys 61b for setting the item code, unit price, tare weight, upper and lower limits of normal range, number of items to be packed into a container, etc. for each product. An input section 61 is provided, a display column 62a for displaying the item code and upper and lower limit values set in the input section 61, and a display column 62b for displaying the weight, unit price, price, etc. of each product. display section 6
It is composed of 2.

In addition to the above configuration, this weighing value tag is attached to the intake conveyor 20 of the main body 10, the weighing conveyor 31, and the intake sensor 21 for detecting the presence or absence of a product at a predetermined position on the conveyor 41, and the weighing sensor 33
A sensor 44 is provided for each of the sensors 44 and 44 for pasting. As shown in FIG. 2, these sensors 21.33.44 are light emitters 21a, 33a, 44a and light receivers 21b, 33b, respectively, which are arranged opposite to each other on both sides of the conveyor 20.31.41. 44t), and detects the presence or absence of a product at the position based on whether the light output from the light emitters 21a, 33a, 44a is input to the light receivers 21b, 33b, 44b without being blocked by the product. It looks like this.

Then, upon receiving signals from each of these sensors 21, 33, 44, a signal from the input section 61 of the operation box 60, a signal from the weighing device 30 (weighing lI432), etc., the taking-in conveyor 20, the weighing Conveyor 31. Conveyor 41, label printer 43 for pasting, device 50 for sorting
, a control device for controlling the operation of a container label printer 81 and the like. Here, this control device is constituted by, for example, a microcomputer.

Next, a control system centered on this control device will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 90 includes an operation box 60
An input signal A from the input unit 61 indicating the unit price, tare weight, upper and lower limit values of the quantitative range, etc. set for each product.
It also outputs a display signal B that instructs the display unit 62 of the operation box 60 to indicate numerical values, etc. Further, this control device 90 inputs the product detection signal C from the intake sensor 21 on the intake conveyor 20 and outputs a stop signal to stop the conveyor 20. This stop signal is used by the weighing device 30 for the preceding product.
This is output when the taking-in sensor 21 detects a product before the weighing operation is completed, to prevent two products from being placed on the weighing conveyor 31 at the same time, and is also output when an error occurs.

The control device 90 also inputs the product detection signal E from the weighing sensor 33 in the weighing device 30 and the weight signal F from the weighing machine 32.

A weight reading operation is performed based on F, and a label issuing signal G is output to the label printer 43 in the pricing device 40. When the label printer 43 receives this label issuing signal G, it issues a label according to the instruction content of the signal G, and supplies this to the label pasting machine 42. The label attachment 142 operates to attach the label to the product when the product detection signal H from the sensor 44 is received.

Further, the control device 90 sends a signal I to the device 50 for distribution.
The first . The actuation of the second lever 53,54 is controlled. Then, the control device 90 further outputs a label issuing signal J to the container label printer 81, and this signal J
Accordingly, the printer 81 issues a container label.

Next, the specific operation of the above embodiment will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. 4.

When a product is supplied onto the input conveyor 70 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the product is delivered from the input conveyor 70 to the weighing conveyor 31 of the weighing device 30 via the intake conveyor 20 in the main body 10. When the light emitting device 33a and light receiver 33bfffi of the weighing sensor are blocked by the product, a product detection signal E is output from the sensor 33 to the control device 90. When the control device 90 receives this product detection signal E, it executes step S2 from step S1 in the flowchart of FIG.
Input the weight signal F from 2 to read the measured weight value of the product. Here, the reason for waiting for the product to be detected by the weighing sensor 33 and reading the weight value is because the operation of the weighing machine 32 is not stable immediately after the product is transferred to the weighing conveyor 31, so it is necessary to wait for the product to be detected by the weighing sensor 33 before reading the weight value. This is because the weight value cannot be detected, and the weight value is read after the operation of the Ryousei 1R32 becomes stable.

Next, in step S3, the control device 90 calculates the net weight of the product from the tare weight value of the product that has been input in advance through the input unit 61 of the operation box 60 and the weight value indicated by the weight signal F. In step S4, it is determined whether this net weight is overscaled, that is, whether it exceeds a predetermined allowable limit. In the case of overscaling, the control device 90 performs step S4.
Steps 85 to S7 are executed from then on, display signal B is outputted to display an error on the display section 62 of the operation box 60, and the intake conveyor 20 is stopped by the stop signal, and the next product is sent to the weighing conveyor 31. In addition, overscaled products are sorted and discharged to the excess product discharge section A by the device 50. This distribution is performed by swinging the lever 53 of the device 50 to the position shown by the chain line (a) in FIG. 2 in response to the signal 2. As a result, overscale products are sorted from the weighing conveyor 31 to the device 5.
After being delivered to the conveyor 51, the zero sort is guided by the first lever 53 and discharged to the excess product discharge section A.

On the other hand, if the net weight of the product is within the allowable limit, the control device 90 executes steps S4 to S8 above,
It is determined by the input unit 61 of the operation box 60 whether or not the amount falls within a positive amount range whose upper and lower limits are set in advance within the above-mentioned allowable limits.

When the amount is within the fixed amount range, the fixed price pricing mode from step S8 to step 89 to step S12 is executed.

In this fixed price pricing mode, first, in step S9, a label issuing signal G is outputted to the label printer 43 in the pricing device 40 to issue a fixed price label. When the label printer 43 receives this signal G, the label printer 43 prints a predetermined fixed amount of money and other items on a label and supplies the printed label to the label attachment 1142. During this time, the product is transferred to weighing conveyor 3.
1, the pasting tape is transferred to a conveyor 41. Then, when the top of the product is detected by the sensor 44, steps S10 and S11 are executed, and in response to the product detection signal H from the sensor 44, the label pasting machine 42 operates. The label is attached to the product passing under the camera 42. Then, in step 312, the control device 90 performs the distribution to the device 50.
1st. The distribution signal 2 is outputted so that the second levers 53 and 54 are held in the position shown by the solid line in FIG. As a result, the products whose weights are within the correct weight range are transferred straight forward by the conveyor 51 and delivered to the carry-out conveyor 80.

However, if the net weight of the product calculated in step S3 is not included in the above-mentioned correct amount range, the control device 90 executes the weighing value attaching mode from step S8 to step 813 described above. That is, first, in step 813, the price of the product is calculated from the net weight and the unit price of the product that has been entered in advance in the input section 61 of the operation box 60, and this price is printed on a label and issued. For pricing, a label issue signal G is output to the label printer 43 of the device 40. Then, as in the case of the fixed IN price mode, the price issued from the label printer 43 in steps 814 to S16 is attached to the product by the label attaching machine 42, and the label is attached to the product in step S17. It is determined whether this product is an over-quantity product exceeding the upper limit of the regular quantity range or a lightweight product below the lower limit of the range.

Then, in step 818 or 819, the control device 90 distributes the amount to the fifth lever of the device 50 depending on whether the amount is excessive or light.
3 or the second lever 54 is swung, and as a result, excess products are distributed to the excess product discharge section, and lightweight products are distributed to the light product discharge section B. will be done.

In this way, each product is sorted into correct quantity, overconfident, and light weight products according to the weight obtained by the weighing device, and the correct quantity products are discharged onto the carry-out conveyor 80 after being priced at a fixed price. In addition, overweight and light products are weighed and priced according to their weight, and are distributed to the respective discharge sections A or B.

Here, overscale products are also discharged to the same excess discharge section A as the above-mentioned excess products, but when an overscale product is detected, the intake conveyor 20 is stopped and work is temporarily interrupted, so this overscale product is There is no confusion between scale products and oversized products.

In addition, the quantity of products discharged onto the carry-out conveyor 80 is packed into the container When the number preset by the input unit 61 of After pasting, the unloading conveyor 80
The container X is transported to the next station.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a fixed price is applied to a fixed quantity product, but the fixed quantity product may be discharged without being priced, and then fixed price may be applied to it all at once. . In other words, the work mode for fixed quantity products (the mode for non-metric pricing) can be either the fixed price pricing mode or the no pricing mode, and it is possible to freely switch between these two modes. It's okay.

Furthermore, as another work method, first, the work mode is fixed to the fixed price pricing mode, and fixed price pricing is performed for the selected regular quantity products, and products outside the fixed quantity range (excessive quantity or lightweight products) are set. As the next step, the work mode may be switched to the weighing and value attaching mode, and then the weighing and value attaching may be performed again. Next, the procedure of such a working method will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, steps 81' to 87 in the flowchart of FIG.
According to ', the product is weighed and the net weight is calculated as in the above case, and predetermined processing for overscale products is performed. Also, for products that are not overscaled and are included within the normal amount range, steps Sa' to S12' are performed in the same manner as in the above case.
A fixed price is set according to the specified amount, and the product is discharged to a fixed amount product discharge section C (starting end of the carry-out conveyor 80). On the other hand, for products outside the fixed quantity range, step Sa' to step 813
' is executed to determine whether the product is in excess or light, and depending on the determination result, step 814' or 815 is executed.
′ is executed, and the weight is printed in the excess weight column or light weight column of the print paper using a separately provided journal printer. In this case, the product is discharged to the discharge section for products outside the specified quantity range in step 816' without being priced. After that, when the weight sorting of the predetermined number of products or fixed price pricing for fixed quantity products is completed as described above, the work mode is switched to the weighing and pricing mode, and the products outside the above fixed quantity range are discharged. The products discharged to the department will be weighed and valued again. In this weighing and pricing operation, weight selection is not performed, and all supplied products are priced according to their weight, as in the past.

In that case, since regular quantity products are excluded, it is necessary to sort out regular quantity products and products outside the regular quantity range (excessive quantity and light weight),
Fixed price pricing will be carried out for regular volume products and metered pricing for products outside the volume range.

It should be noted that the data regarding the products outside the regular quantity range printed by the journal printer in the above steps 31a' and S's' is used for subsequent production management of the products.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, in the weighing and pricing apparatus that performs weighing and pricing according to the weight of each product, first, the weight is sorted for each product, and Since the above-mentioned measurement value is applied only to products that are not included in the predetermined weight range, for example, in the case of a product such as ham or sage that has a specified weight within a certain range, it is possible to apply the measurement value [no. There is no need to screen each product to see if it falls within the correct quantity range before starting the work. This eliminates the need for sorting equipment, which was conventionally required when handling this type of product, thereby reducing setup costs and equipment installation space, and significantly improving work efficiency. In particular, according to the second invention of the present application, the products that have been subjected to the necessary processing depending on whether they are within or outside the fixed quantity range are separated and discharged to different discharge sections, so that the pricing is determined by sorting the work. This makes it easier and further improves work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are in the first part of this application. This shows an embodiment common to the second invention, in which Fig. 1 is an overall front view of the device with measured values, Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a control system diagram, and Fig. 4 is an example of operation. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another example of operation. 1...Measuring value is attached to the device, 30...Measuring device, 40.
. . . Pricing is by device, 50 . . . Component is device, 60 . . .

Claims (7)

[Claims] (1) A weighing and pricing device consisting of a weighing device and a pricing device, with two work modes: a weighing and pricing mode in which the product is priced according to its weight, and a non-weighing mode in which it is not priced in accordance with the weight. a pricing mode, upper and lower limit value setting means for setting the upper and lower limits of the weight range of the product, determination means for determining whether the weight of the product is within the weight range, and the determination result. and a mode setting means for setting the working mode to a non-metric pricing mode when the quantity is within the fixed quantity range and to a weighing pricing mode when it is outside the range. . (2) The metric pricing device according to claim 1, wherein the non-metric pricing mode is a fixed amount pricing mode in which pricing is performed at a fixed amount. (3) The metric pricing device according to claim 1, wherein the non-metric pricing mode is a mode in which no pricing is performed. (4) A weighing and pricing device consisting of a weighing device, a pricing device, and a sorting device, which has two working modes: a weighing and pricing mode in which the product is priced according to its weight; with no non-metric pricing mode;
upper and lower limit value setting means for setting upper and lower limits of the weight range of the product; determination means for determining whether the weight of the product is within the weight range; and according to the determination result, the work mode is set. mode setting means for setting a non-metric pricing mode when the amount is within the fixed amount range, and setting the metric pricing mode when it is outside the range;
The weighing and pricing device is characterized in that the sorting device is configured to sort the products at least in two directions depending on whether the products are within or outside the fixed amount range. (5) The metric pricing device according to claim 4, wherein the non-metric pricing mode is a fixed amount pricing mode in which pricing is performed at a fixed amount. (6) The metric pricing device according to claim 4, wherein the non-metric pricing mode is a mode in which no pricing is performed. (7) The metric pricing device according to claim 4, wherein the non-metric pricing mode is switchable between a fixed price pricing mode and a mode in which no pricing is performed.